The objective of the meeting is to promote scientific interactions between academic and industrial researchers and to showcase the key role that synthesis plays in the discovery and development of new agrochemicals. New crop protection products are important to help overcome the huge challenges facing modern agriculture – To increase food production in a cost effective and sustainable manner, against a background of increasing population and decreasing farmland and water supplies, and loss of existing solutions due to resistance or regulatory pressures.

VENUE

170 Queen’s Gate

Imperial College London

South Kensington Campus

London SW7 5HF

REGISTRATION

The event is FREE but spaces are limited and registration is required. Please register online (on a first come, first served basis) by the 17th October 2018 at 14.00 BST by going to:

Posters are invited for display throughout the meeting and authors are encouraged to present their work in a two-minute flash presentation during the meeting. Please submit your abstract upon registration, by the 17th October 2018 at 14.00 BST. From the submitted abstracts, the opportunity to give a 20 minute oral presentationat the symposium will be given. A prize of £50will be awarded for the best poster presentation and a prize of £50will be awarded to the selected oral presentation (both prizes sponsored by the RSC Agriculture Sector).

TRAVEL GRANTS

Information regarding RSC Travel Grants for PhD Students and Early Career Scientists can be found at: